In an age of porn and sleaze, the need for a deepened respect for the positive aspects of human sexuality is real. In marriage, the desire to give one’s self to the delight of the beloved is a sign of Christian holiness. Human sexuality is perhaps the most talked about but least understood subject in […]
Archives for November 2016
Photo: 75th anniversary celebration
The Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians celebrated the 75th anniversary of their order on Oct. 24 with a Mass and potluck at their Aiea convent. Pictured from left, are Sister Marykutty Kottuppallil, Sister Lucinda Salboro, Sister Meristella Umdor and Sister Ruth Zonunthari. (Photo courtesy of Marie Tokuda-Wong)
Christina Capecchi: A cure for election overload
TWENTY SOMETHING It’s almost as if November’s Mass readings were written for election-weary Catholics, with their foreboding tones and calls for “perseverance” and “endurance” amid distress. “They will seize you and persecute you,” St. Luke warns. “Let us then throw off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light,” St. Paul exhorts. […]
Diocesan Youth Day: Explosions of God’s love everywhere
Hundreds of energized young Catholics gather in Kaneohe for a day sparked by the Spirit Story and photos by Darlene J.M. Dela Cruz Hawaii Catholic Herald Saints and super heroes, unite! With enthusiasm more energizing than a Starbucks double-shot, and spirits set afire, hundreds of faithful at Diocesan Youth Day Oct. 22 flooded St. Ann […]
Pope, Lutherans begin Reformation commemoration with prayer
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service LUND, Sweden — Urging Catholics and Lutherans to take decisive steps toward unity, Pope Francis nevertheless offered no new openings to the idea of sharing Communion before full unity is achieved. “We Christians will be credible witnesses of mercy to the extent that forgiveness, renewal and reconciliation are daily […]
National Vocation Awareness Week, Nov. 6-12
For National Vocation Awareness Week, Nov. 6-12, the Hawaii Catholic Herald posed three questions to Father Rheo C. Ofalsa, diocesan director of vocations. What is a priest? In short, a (Catholic diocesan) priest is a man who, in union with his bishop, celebrates the sacraments that were instituted by Jesus Christ himself while he walked […]
U.S. Catholics urged to weigh issues carefully as they vote
By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — In the weeks leading up to the hotly contested Nov. 8 election, many Catholic bishops have written columns, issued statements or preached homilies encouraging their people to weigh the issues carefully as they enter the voting booth. Many of the statements draw on “Faithful Citizenship” (http://tinyurl.com/je63w8h), the quadrennial […]
Bishop’s Circle campaign 2016-17 has a $350,000 goal
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald In his annual Bishop’s Circle appeal letter mailed this month to Catholic donors, Bishop Larry Silva linked the campaign’s goal to the new diocesan pastoral plan, which he said calls Catholics to deepen their faith and be sent forth “as joyful missionaries equipped to witness to Jesus.” This year’s […]
Poor or rich, we need each other
An interview with Thomas Awiapo of Ghana, the CRS Global Solidarity Coordinator By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Thomas Awiapo’s conversation kept coming back to that “little snack,” as he fiddled with a little cardboard box, the well-known Catholic Relief Services Rice Bowl. The CRS Global Solidarity Coordinator, who works in his home country of […]
Papal summer residence opens to the public for the first time
By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy — Pope Francis is throwing open the doors to the papal apartment — including the bedroom where popes have slept — in the Apostolic Palace at Castel Gandolfo. The palace was for centuries the summer residence of the Roman pontiffs, but Pope Francis has decided […]